Nebraska Newspapers

    Monday, April 30, 1951
THE DAILY NEPRASKAN
PAGE 3
H
uskers
Cyclones
By B1U Mundell
.Nebraska's baseball Cornhusk
ers swept to their seventh vie
tory In nine starts Friday and
Saturday by sweeping their
scheduled two games from the
University of Wichita by scores
or c-j ana
It was the fourth straight
Wichita loss at the hands of the
Huskers who had previously
coppea two In Kansas. The only
two defeats suffered by the. Ne
braskans this year to date were
xne second contest with Buena
Vista and the first game at 'the
University of Kansas.
Erratic Wichita fielding and
fine Nebraska pitching gave the
two contests to the Huskers
Seven glaring errors by the vis
itors in the first game overcame
a fine pitching job by Shocker
hurler Randy Barron, who
pitched a good five-hitter.
Bunson Effective
The second contest was won on
the pitching arm of Dale Bunson
and , the slightly irregular, but
effective hurling of reliever Al
Benjamin. The Husker bats came
into their own in this second con
test, also, slamming out nine
safeties.
Only two Husker runs were
earned in the first game Friday.
The Scarlet picked up two runs
in the first inning on- two errors,
a wild pitch and a steal of home
by Bobby Reynolds his third of
the season.
They added two more in the
Colorado Buffs Whitewash
Cornhusker Netmen, 7-0
The University of Colorado ten.
nis team was as hot as the wea.
ther as it whitewashed the Hus'
ker tennis team 7-0 Saturday af
ternoon on the local courts.
Walt Weaver had the best fate
in the singles. He won the second
set of his match, 6-4.
Bob Radin, number one man on
the Nebraska squad, displayed a
sharp brand of tennis, but Ascell
had too much all-around know
how for him.
Radin's slams and sharp curves
were his chief weapons. He
showed a definite improvement
over last year.
Jamie Curran, number two
player, is the only portsider on
the team. He lost his match in
two straight sets by identical
scores of 6-3.
Curran ordinarily possesses a
sharp service. But in the Satur
day meet his services were often
out of bounds or else did not get
over the net.
Curran Tires
He seemed to tire during the
early part of the second set and
could not keep up the pace which
Smith maintained. Curran tight
ened up as the match proceeded
and had a tendency to be erratic.
Weaver was exceptionally cool
under fire. Only a sophomore, he
could provide a spark which Ne
braska tennis has been lacking
during the past two years.
He has a fast, curving service
and is effective in the defensive
department.
Veteran Jeff Delton also lost
his match in two straight sets by
6-3 scores. On occasions he was
the aggressor, but those occasions
were not frequent enough.
Andy Bunten played a good
first set as he held Shiftman to
a 6-4 count. But the Cheyenne,
Wyo., man cooled off in the sec
ond set and lost 6-1. He has
shown little improvement during
the current season. Last year he
Gophers Well Beloiv Big-Ten
Standards in Spring Football
Wes Fesler's appraisal of his
first University of Minnesota
football squad after reaching the
halfway mark in spring practice
(three weeks) falls into the ioi
lowing general categories:
Hl'STI.K SPIRIT excellent.
NATURAL ABILITY well below the
Bit to average.
1'I.MS.SSK POLISH well below tha
BIT ID averaae.
DEPTH OK S1UAD well below the
Hit 10 averages very difficult to find
rnn'jih capable men for complete off.,
def. nntla.
OUTSTANDING INDVIDUALS nona
by Hie 10 ataiMlarda.
-LA1 SPKliU well below Big' 10
V:T.lKe.
ADAPTABILITY three or four indl
Vlduala Kbnw iMMMlhllltle of developing
Into food, average Big 10 playera.
In the absence of the speed and
over-all maneuverability that
Fesler likes in his squads to ably
execute his combined T and
single-wing offense, he plans to
throw the ball a great deal next
fall. This intent has been plainly
evident in his every-day practice
sessions which ordinarily include
a lengthy scrimmage.
IS Letter men
While the 18 lettermen avail
able to Wes and his aides for
spring practice have been very
much in evidence, a number of
reserves have found a "new lease
on life" under the new regime
and have moved up into conten
tion for varsity positions. Added
to these are six newcomers up
from the 1950 freshman squad.
They are Max Engh,, 6 foot, 180
pound right halfback; Paul Giel,
back; Mel Holme. 5 foot 10 inch,
200 pound fullback; Dick Hugu
nin, 6 foot, 200 pound offensive
5 foot 10 inch, 180 pound quarter
guard; Del May, 6 foot 2 inch, 195
pound end, and Willis Wood, 6
ioot 1 inch, 200 pound center.
Of this group Giel, is the only
one w ho at the moment shows
promise of becoming a varsity
regular next fall The yearling
who played at left halfback in
last fall's freshman practices is
the ONLY man on the entire
spring practice roster who has
shown Coacn Fcslcr what he is
looking for in a good quarter
back potso, savvy, adaptability,
ball-handling ability, ball-carrying
ability, anJ effectiveness as
a passer. v
Sewed Up
Gie' has his position more
thoroughly "sewed up" than any
other man on the squad, includ-
Sweep
ere t
Courtesy Lincoln Journal-Star
RAY MLADOVICH . . . .
Husker first-baseman, broke
out of his batting slump in
the Witchita series to lead the
Scarlet with four hits.
occupied the number three berth
on the team but has slipped to
number five this season.
Nebraska also dropped both of
its doubles matches.
Acsell and Hilgers defeated Ra
din and Weaver by . a 6-2, 7-5
score.
The Husker twosome worked
well together and forced the
Colorado team all the way before
losing the second set. Here again
too much experience and savvy
proved to be their downfall.
Curran and Bunten did not fare
as well, losing the first set by a
6-1 score and being shut out in
the second. Both men appeared
completely worn out from their
singles matches.
But the Huskers were playing
what may well be the 1951, Big
Seven champions. Colorado had
previously defeated defending
champion Oklahoma and its team
could be in a position to repeat
the defeat when the conference
meet rolls around.
Second Team
The Buffs' were only the second"
team Nebraska has faced during
the 1951 season. Coach Ed Hig
ginbotham's squad dropped its
first encounter against the Uni
versity of Kansas by a similar
7-0 score.
The next test for Nebraska will
be on May 7 when it entertains
Kansas State.
Results. of the Colorado match:
Ascell (C) beat Radin (N) 6-2,
6-2.
Smith (C) beat Curran (N) 6-3,
6-3.
Thalhamer (C) beat Weaver
(N) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Hilgers (C) beat Delton (N)
6-3, 6-3.
Shiftman (C) beat Bunten (N)
6-4, 6-1.
Thalhamer-Smith (C) beat
Curran- Bunten (N) 6-1, 6-0.
Ascell-Hilgers (C) beat Wea-ver-Radin
(N) 6-2, 7-5.
1 CI
ing Captain Wayne Robinson who
is being pressed at center by
Scott Prescott, 1950 letterman,
and Willis Wood, a freshman.
This' should be the strongest spot
in the Minnesota lineup.
The biggest headache so far for
Fesler and his aides has been the
lack of team speed. He has yet to
find pullout guards and tackles
who anywhere near, measure up
to the desired standards. Most
impressive of the linemen to date
has been Harry Coates, 195 pound
guard from Yankton, South Da
kota. Harry was a defensive
regular the last half of the 1950
season after performing as an
offensive guard through the first
five games. Coats appears to be
a cinch at left guard, just as
John Carlson, 220 pound senior
is at right tackle at least so far.
...Veterans.
Two-time lettermen Dick
Gregory at left half, and Ron
Engel at fullback have the bulge
so lar in the competition for their
respective positions. These vets
rank one - two on the squad in
respect to speed the much-de
sired quality that is so painfully
absent in the Gopher camp
Gregory is- the top sprinter on
the Maroon and Gold track
squad, but works out an hour or
so each day with the gridders
sans uniforms. He will not take
part in scrimmages or the spring
game Saturday, May 19.
The big emphasis in the Mis
souri spring drills so far have
been on (1) SPEED, SPEED, and
more SPEED, with the entire
squad doing a g reat deal of
running eacn day, and (2)
THROW, THROW, THROW.
Forward passes fill the air for at
least a hall hour of each work
out. x Wes Fesler, somewhat startled
at the outset of spring practice
because of the lack of natural
ability and speed that was so evi
dent in his 1950 Ohio State out
fit, takes a decreasingly dim view
of Minnesota's prospects as he
notes with some satisfaction the
sincereity and willingness of his
new proteges. "It's going to be a
long, slow uphill haul," says Wes,
"but as long as these boys retain
their eagerness and desire, we
will make progress and some day
become a good team."
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Wichita;
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Two
sixth on a single by Bob Diers
and error, Jerry Dunn's high fly
to leftfield and a double by Ray
Mladovich.
Another Error
The lone tally in th third
frame was the result of another
error. Reynolds collected a two.
down single, stole second and then
rode home when the Shocker
center-fielder dropped Diers'
nign riy.
Wichita's three runs came-ln
the fifth on singles by Ed Kriviel
and Bill Tibbets and a home run
by Gene Kuhn over the center-
neia rence,
Mladovich was the hattln star
for the Huskers as he broke out
or nis hitting slump and powered
two doubles in four trips to the
piaie. riDDets collected two sin-
gles and a double for the visitors
All the Way
Del Kopf went all the wav for
XNeDrasKa in registering his sec
ond win of the year against no
defeats. .He was taceed with nine
nits, but kept them well spread
except for the fifth frame.
Reynolds doubled home Johnnv
ego wno naa waiKed in the first
inning of the Saturday clash to
get the Huskers off to a flying
start m me second game. Kego's
run knotted the count at one-all
and Reynolds put the Scarlet in
front for good a moment later,
scoring on a wild throw by
Shocker first-sacker John Walor.
The Kansans had grabbed the
lead in their half of the initial
stanza on an error by shortstop
Bill Jensen and a wild pitch by
chucker Bunson.
The Huskers tallied another In
the second inning after singles by
Bunson and Rego and an error
on Wichita catcher Herb Eddlng
ton. Fourth Counter
The fourth Nebraska counter
was registered in the fifth on a
sinrie by Bill Fitzsrerald, walks
to Jensen and Bob Lohrberg and
a fielders choice blow by pinch
hitter Ron Clark.
Husker coach Tony Sharpe re
moved pitcher Bunson after the
fifth in favor of Benjamin. Bun
son was never in trouble and
hurled effectively against the
Shockers. Sharpe, evidently
thinking that the game was pretty
well sewed uo, gave Bunson a
rest to save him for the coming
conference contests with Iowa
State Monday and Tuesday.
It appeared very poor strategy
as Hemamin took over in the
sixth. He bounced a pitch off
leadoff man Tibbets and walked
the number two man, Kuhn.
Double-Play
Shortstop Dick Sanders singled
to load the bases and then Ben
jamin walked in a run by issuing
a iree pass to waior. me xiusk-
ers got off cheap, however,
Benjamin sent Friederfdorf downl
Ed Zegler to ground into a dou
ble play.
Bern amin kept out of trouble
until the ninth. After retiring the
first two men, pinch-hitter Ross
Bartholomew singled and Kriviel
and Tibbets drew bases on balls
to load the sacks. The Huskers
triumphed, however, when
heavy-hitter - Kuhn lined out to
the pitcher. '. 1
John Rego, Ray Mladovich and
Bob Reynolds led the nine-hit
Husker batting attack in the sec
ond game with two . hits apiece.
Reynolds had a perfect day at the
plate as he walked twice and was
hit by a pitched ball in his other
times at bat.
Mladovich -Stars
Mladovich was the batting star
of the series with two singles and
two doubles in eight times at the
plate. Going into the series, his
batting average hung on the .133
mark. He increased that consia
erably.
The Huskers return to confer
ence action Monday and Tuesday
of this week. Nebraska plays host
to the Cyclones ot Iowa State in
a two-game series. Both games
are slated to start at 3 P.m.
Nebraska has won two and lost
one in loop play to date. They
were dropped by the Kansas Jays
9-5 in the Big Seven opener. They
bounced back the next day to
trounce the Jayhawks 21-7 and
then returned home to blank the
Kansas State Wildcats, 5-0.
Oklahoma is currently out in
front in loop play with a 4-0
record.
Coach Sharpe will pitch Silver
Creek's Dick McCormick . in the
series opener on Monday and fol
low with Del Kopf on Tuesday.
McCornick has won two and
lost one vhis season. The curve-
balling control artist turned in
a four-hit shutout against Kansas
State for his best performance
of the season.
Midget Coaches
Still Wanted
Head Baseball coach Tony
Sharpe announced his second call
for university men to coach
American Legion Midget baseball
teams in Lincoln this summer.
There are still several positions
open and Coach Sharpe would
like to fill them as soon as pos
sible. All interested men are
asked to contact Sharpe immedi
ately. Ag Union Offers
'Atomic' Series
The Ag Union is featuring a
series of three discussions on
"Some Social Implications of
Atomic Energy" by members of
the physics department.
The first discussion is today at
4:30 p. m. in the Ag Union. Wil
lacd Goeddert and Herbert Jehle
will discuss "Industrial Uses of
Atomic Power."
The next atomic talk will be
Wednesday, May 2, by Herbert
Jehle and Richard Sill on "Gen
etics." V " , V
The final discussion will " be
May 7 by Richard Sill and Ar
thur Robertson on "Alternatives
to Present Policies." i
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Courtaay Lincoln Journal-star
GRABBED BY PROS .... Bob
Pierce, star center on the
Huskers' cage team of this
year, was nabbed by Indian
apolis, as the ten clubs in the
National Basketball associa
tion conducted their annual
draft of talent. Bob established
a new Nebraska all-time scor
ing record for one year last
season. He will play for the
Husker Alumni in the annual
Husker Golfers
Drop Shockers
The University golf team unsfa.
the coaching of Marv "Preacher"
Franklin turned in their
by walloping -Wichita university,
victory oi me season. Thursday
15-3 at the Hillcrest Pnnntrv
Club greens.
The golfers have dronDed only
one decision to date, that nn in
the mud at Manhattan, Kans.
Husker Doug Dale was the
medalist in Thursday's win with
a a over the par 72 course. Joe
Majores of Wichita shot a 76.
low for the visitors.
The win over the Shockers
made the loss to Kansas State
seem even more impossible. The
Shockers crushed the Wildcats
last week by a similar 15-3 score.
Thursday s results:
Joe Gifford (N) defeated Dan
Smith (W), 2-1.
Doug Dale (N) defeated Joe
Majores (W), 3-Q.
Dick Spangler (N) defeated
Maurice Bower (W), 3-0.
Erv Peterson (N) defeated Dick
Adkison (W), 2-1.
Gifford and Dale defeated
Smith and Majores, 3-0.
Spangler and Peterson defeated
Bowen and Adkison; 2-1. .
All men still in intramural
tennis competition are asked
to keep watch of the bulletin
board in the Physical Edu
cation Building. In case of
rain, only the rained-out
Sh,C TwUi fh.
ap
pear for any reason will force
the participant to forfeit his
match.
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Reorgaized
Begins Tourney A ction
The reorganized intramural
sofeball program will try to get
under way today, weather per
mitting. Twelve of the 51 teams in
competition will try their hand
at first round action In the three
single-elimination tourneys start
ing at 5:15 p.m. '
The Softball play, held up by
six days of rain and wind, was
in danger of being abandoned al
though last week until the I-M
Department hit upon the idea of
a tourney in place of the original
league round robin play. All the
teams that entered the spring
sport have been put 'into the
tourneys and it will be dog-eat-
aog irom now on out,
At a Softball managers' meet
ing Thursday night, the situation
was explained and found agree
able with all concerned. At that
time the pairings for the three
tourneys were set up. All berths
were assigned by lottery, no
teams being seeded.
Fraternity Flay Monday
The Fraternity tourney will in
augurate play Monday. Two
games are scheduled for 5:15
p.m. on the Coliseum grounds,
tnree at Az College at 5:30 D.m
and the sixth back on the city
campus at 6:15 p.m.
Monday's schedule at A Col
lege, all games beginning at 5:30
p.m. is Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs.
Phi Delta Theta on field No. 2.
Delta Upsilon vs. Sigma Nu on
ueid no. 3 and Delta Tau Delta
vs. Alpha Gamma Rho on field
No. 4.
The contests slated for the city
campus are Pi Kappa Phi vs,
Farm House on field No. 1.
tsrown palace vs. Sigma Alpha
Mu on field No. 2 with both
games starting at 5:15 p.m. and
Zeta Beta Tau vs. Pioneer House
on field No. 3 at 6:15 p.m.
Independent play will sret un
der way Wednesday, May 2 while
tne interdenominational competi
tion gets started Friday. May 4
Seven teams are in the battle for
Denom honors, 16 in the fight for
the Independent title and a total
of 29 outfits battling for the fra
ternity championship.
, Seven-Innlnf Games
The regulation length of each
game has been changed to allow
ror a longer season in that de
partment, at least. All games are
to be played seven innings if
time permits. However in case of
rain, darkness or other weather
conditions, five innings will con
stitute a regulation game four
and a one-half innings if the
team ahead at that time has not
yet batted in the last of the fifth
inning. .
Offical rules pertaining to call
ing of the games will hold. A
game must be called after the last
full inning of play or inning and
a half if the lead team is battine
last and the score reverts to what
it was at that time.
The Daily Nebraskan will keep
abreast with the results of the
tourney and will print the sched
ules in advance1 when it is pos
sible but all teams in competition
are urged to keep watch an the
bulletin board in the P.E. Build
ing at all times to see when they
are scheduled to play.. Each man-1
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LM Softball
ager is asked to carefully note the
time and the place of all iched
uled games.
Plea For Competent Scorers
The Daily Nebraska sports staff
is again asking all teams to be
sure competent score-keepers are
on hand at all games. The scoring
of the games during the abbrevi
ated league play was on- the av
erage very bad. On the average
there was only one out of ten
that was an excellent Job of scor
ing, two out of ten that were
good, five out of ten that were
poor and two out of ten that were
unreadable. Again let us urge you
to make sure the scoring is done
wen.
, In the pairings, four teams
drew byes and . are idle during
first round action. These teams
were Delta Sigma Phi, Corn
husker Co-op and Delta Sigma Pi
in the iraternity tourney and In.
ter-Varsity in the Denomination
al tournament
Injuries Hit in
Kansas State
Spring Drills
A football coach expects in
juries to his players especially
during the first few weeks of
practice. But at Kansas State,
Head coach Bill Meek is be
ginning to think he doesn't live
right.
Not only does the new Wild
cat mentor have ten top men
out with injuries as spring drills
go into the fourth week, but he
also has two men sidelined with
children's diseases. Tackle Don
Muder, a 220 pound freshman
was out for a week with
spramea Knee ana then came
down with the mumps, and
Gerald Kingsley, a freshman end,
has the measles.
That old K-State bugaboo, In
jured knees, is beginning to rear
its ugly head. Two ton ends.
lettermen Francis Starns and
Ken Barr missed work last week
because of knee trouble. Starns
should be ready to do with a
few more days of rest, but Barr
may have to undergo an opera
tion to correct cartilege difficulty.
senior letterman Oscar Cla
baugh, who has been shifted
from tackle to center, also has
been bothered by a sprained
knee.
More Injuries
Others injured include: full
back Duane Putnam Charlie
horse; guard Wayne Broughton.
broken rib; left halfback Bernie
Dudley, pulled leg muscle; half
back Gerald Cashman, groin
bruise; left halfback Bernie
Haberleln, sprained shoulder:
and guard J. Van Gaudren, con
cussion. After a sorry scrimmage show
ing Saturday, Meek and staff re
turned their charges to more
tackling work. Attention also is
being paid this week to de
was on offense the first three
weeks.
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Play
Today
The remainder of th first
round schedule is as follows:
Tanadar, Mar 1.
8:1ft p.m. Collieiira 1, Kappa Sigma
vi. Blgma Chi.
6:l(v p.m. Colliaunt t, Beta Thau ft
Vi. Phi Blgma Pil.
fi:30 p,m Ai Col, 3, NotrU Houm va,
Acaela.
6; SO p.m Ag Cnl. S, plil Gamma Dalt
vi. Alpha Tau Omega.
5.30 p.m.A Col. 4, Bta Blgma Pit
vi. Sigma Phi Rpillon.
0:15 p.m. Coliwum I, That XI Vi. Tau
Kappa Kjwilon.
Wedafidar, Ma 1,
8:15 p.m.-Collium l D,it chl v.
Thata Chl.
:15 p.m. ColiMum S, Warriori vt.
rni peua rni.
6:15 p.m. Collnum , Ag Vltn'i Club
vi. Alpha Kappa Pil.
Thunaay, Mar I.
5:15 P.m. ColiMum 1, Plamori va,
Mcn'a Dorm.
:15 Comaum S, Llllu va. Studtnt
Union.
. ,4:l? Colliaura 3, Ag YMCA Vi. Dan
tal Froth.
Friday, Mar 4.
8 P m. Ag Col. I, Lutharaa Houm va.
Baptlit Houm.
5 p.m. Ag Col J, Unlvanltv YMCA vs.
Nawman Club.
8,.Pj,m- Col 4, Praibr Houm vg,
Ilcthodlat Houm.
5 B.m. Onhisiim 1. Havw tWrt
D.lta' Thau Phi. "w
5 p.m. coitiium 3, Phi Alpha Dalt va.
Practical Arti.
6 p.m. collnum s, Sigma Oamma Xp .
Hon vi. Gaologliti.
Cooper yhaz
Share Drake
Honors at 14-6
Husker Don Cooper and llllnl
Don Laz shared top pole vault
honors at the Drake Relays, it
was announced late Saturday,
Both men tied for first place after
breaking the old i : ord. They
cleared 14 feet, six Inches.
Alum-Varsity
Game Ready
At Iowa State
When asked about their battle
plans for their annual game with
alumni heads allowed that they'd
likely "pass a little." -
The presence of ail-American
Jim Doran and All-Big Seven Bill
Weeks would lend some credence
to that forecast. That duo, along;
with Sy Wilhelmi, was just about
the passingest outfit ever to hit
the Big Seven gridirons. Doran
and Weeks hold most of the con
ference passing marks and es
pecially those listed under "pro
lific" headings. They threw the -most,
caught the most, ran the
most yardage.
At present some 28 names are
on the alumin roster. The bulk
of the names are men still in
school but a large number of
actual graduates are planning to
take part.
Roger Watts, president of the
I-club which is directing "the
game, has continued 'to stress an
open invitation to all former
players interested in playing.
Lack of a direct invitation, h
pointed out, is np bar to partici
pation.
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